S.F. Blues Festival Canceled

That was a good run...

damn this economy...

bummer, IU'm sure you'll see many more festies either being cancelled, postponed for a yr or just lose a sheetload of $$ as economy is a mess, and will continue to go down

i love how they say this might be the end but don't give a reason why.

if it was the economy wouldn't they just cancel this year and not the whole fest forever. oh well didn't sound like it was that good to me.

if you can't put on a power line-up or a pretty good line-up for cheap tickets then don't bother. people aren't gonna be wastin money going to half ass fests this year.

I thought canceled was spelled with a 42

i love jambase! i come here multiple times a day. i would like to see which gatherings in the US are the longest running.

also, it makes me laugh when cancelled and canceled are alternated. i still go with the English spelling.

benjamin we were posting about cancelled at the same time. haha

This is terrible news. I know everyone wants to be cute...but anytime venues or festivals that support the art of live music die it is like a library or museum closing...the arts of america are in trouble. No joke.

Kids just don't get the blues anymore. You would think with the economy the way it is there would be a spike in blues show attendance. Guess not.

I wonder what the festival/live music landscape would look like this year if people were spreading their money around a bit more. It seems like there are two major tours that are going to get a buttload of money, and a couple of big festies, and that there's just crumbs left over for anyone else.

I'm part of the problem. I'd generally rather see 10 $10 shows or even 5 $20 shows and support local bands, but I got all my money tied up seeing the Dead, so I won't be seeing as many other shows. I kind of wish I'd thought it through a little more before I bought my tickets, to be honest.

In the words of the dude.... "That's a bummer, man"

langerado festival canned too. the countdown is on.

so should all us S.F kids organize a blues festival in mourning of the S.F. Blue's festival?

Shit must be ROUGH if you can't even sing the blues anymore...

nobody has any money - i bet roo tix will be way down this year

I can't agree more. This is really sad. More and more people I talk to are making some difficult decisions on what to spend their money on. I would venture to say that many of us in this community spend a great deal of money on tickets, transportation and lodging at these shows and festivals and now many of the smaller shows and festivals are really going to be hurting. I really hope things get better soon, for everyones sake.

^^^oh i agree to the tee with you. although i think the smaller music festivals will do much better than the big ones just for the fact smaller and mid size festivals cost less ticket wise.